The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1887-04-28
News of Belfast and Vicinity.


Mrs. salome Pattec, of Jackson, the mother Of
our fellow citizen James Pattee, died on Thurs
day last, aged 7G years.
81 cannot get along without the Journal. con-
slider it the best paper printed; it is for me, any
how writes Waldo county subscriber.
Mayor Burgess has received the farewell address
of Carter Harrison, the retiring Mayor of Chicago,
| and the address of the Mayor of Portland.
Waldo County Grange will meet with Victor
Grange, Searsmont, Tuesday, May Sd. The pro
gramme has been published in the journal.
The schooner f. L. Warren, which arrived from
Boston last week, brought forty five hydrants for
the Belfast water works, and the iron pipe will
soon he here, to be followed by the workmcn.
The. Governor has made the following appoint
ments: Charles +. Bessey, Thorndike, justice of
| the peace and quorum; Charles $. Hchborn, Au-
gusta, notary public; J. W. Lang, Bow,loiniam,
| trial justice and dedimus justice.
Some improvements on the Brooks House are in
progress. The bay window Gil the north side is to
be carried up to the roof and end with tower,
and the windows of the upper stories are to be
| lowered and the house reprinted.
The 6sd annual session of the Maine Conference
Portland Advertiser says: "At Bddeford there
will be change. The popular author and
preacher, Rev. T. Gerrish will return for another
year"
| The work of filling in and grading the school
house common begun Monday, and stop
| should now be put to driving across the upper
part. Properly improved the common would be
| an ornament to the city. 1t would be good place
to set out some trees the coming Arbor Day.
| Hon. S. II. Blake, of Bangor, died in Boston of
pneumonia last Monday. lie had been prominent
| in law, politics and business He was native of
! Oxford county and a schoolmate of Hon. Hannibal
Hamlin. Late in life he married daughter of
Capt Joshua Hines, of Frankfort, who survives
him.
| Friday night some one smashed an ink bottle
| against the front of W. T. Towards marble shop,
on Church street, and the ink scattering ruined
$50 worth of marble. 1t is not known whether
this was done from mischief or malice, but the
perpctrator of the outrage ought to be detected
! and punished.
The annual meeting of the Belfast Whist club
was held at the house of John ii. Qumby, on
| Thursday evening last. For six years Mr.. Albert
c. Burgess has presented the club with Maytlow-
ers, but this season diligent search proved fruit
less. Mr. Burgess said that where he usually
| found the flowers deep snow.
Mrs. Hannah b. Berry, of Unity, widow of
Alfred Berry, has just received pension Of SIS Il
month and back pay amounting to - s.. 30. The
back pay is believed to be the largest any person
| i'll this county has ever received. The pension is
granted on account of John f. Berry, Mrs. Bcrry's
son, who served as lieutenant in the late war.
Attention is called to the advertisement of f.. L.
| Bean n Co., of Searsmont, announcing Il great
| mark down sale. Some idea of the amount of bus
mess this firm does may be had from the fact that
there were over 100 gucsses at the weight of the
COW they recently disposed Of, each guess repre-
senting sale of goods to the amount of - over
An advertisement from the city clerk calls attcn
tion to the law requiring record to be kept of all
| births. The law is an old one but for the past
thirty years has not been enforced in Belfast.
There is question but that it should be- and had
| it been we should have avoided disputes over the
ages of those placed for the first time the voting
| lists.
| The Commercial says that Friday Mr. |. c. Lib
by, the we'll known Burnham stock dealer, bought
of Elijah Smith, Esq, eighteen cows and thirty
calves which were sent to Brighton Monday. The
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there is not another farmer in Eastern Maine who
could sell as many cattle and have good herd
left. The animals all in fine condition
The stakes opened by the executive committee
| of the New England Trotting Horse Breeders, to
be trotted for next fall, closed the 3lst ut.
| There number Of entries from Maine, and
among those for stake No. !, for foals Of 1855, the
following: &. r. Ellis, Belfast, T.. s. by Handle
tonan Chief (sre of George o., s.24l4), by Mid
dletown, son of Rysdyks Hambletonian dam by
Gilbreth Knox (2.2G'D, son of General Knox.
| Mention has been made of the scheme for Great
ing new county with Waterville as the shire
town, and which involved the taking of Unity
from Waldo. The Pittsfcld Journal now pro-
| pounds the following conundrum: "What's the
| matter with forming a new county, taking in DcN-
ter, Newport, Plymouth, Detroit, Troy, Burnham
| Clinton, Fairfield, Canaan lIartland, St Adams,
| Harmony, Ripley, Cambridge, Palmyra CorinnA,
etc, with Pttsfield as shire town."
| DRAGGED INTO BAD COMPANY. \ man was
summoned before the Grand Jury, in this city, last
| week to tell where he had bought liquor On
entering the jury room he addressed that body
somewhat follows: This is too bad, l Joined
the Salvation army one week ago. am trying to
|
out of bad company, but you have dragged me
into 1t again" TWAS hard on the Grand Jury, but
the jurors could not refrain from broad smile
Mr.. Henry o. Dodge, of this city, went to Boston
| last week to defend n suit before the Superior
Court. Mr. Dodge manufactured clothing for G.
Phillips 4 Son., of Boston, and it is alleged that
box OF clothing was lost last summer in transit.
| Phillips 4 Son have brought suit to recover the
| value of the lost goods, about $50. Mr.. Dodge
| says he shipped the goods, and the truckman who
delivered the goods at the station in this city SO
testified. station agent Crowley, of this city, was
| summoned by the plffs. but said he had no recol-
| lection or record of the goods. Boartlman Hail,
Esq, defended Dodge. The case has not yet been
decided.
PHYSICAL AND MENTAL CULTURE. DIR. George
F. Eames, a native of this city, now of Boston,
writes to say that he was much interested in the
| article ON DR.. ID. A. Sargent and his work. Dr.
| Eames has written a lecture on "Thc Relation of
| Physical to Mental Culture The divisions of his
| subject are 'Does the condition of bodily health
influence the mental capacity: What is the condi.
ton of bodily health as found in our schools and
colleges? Three essential conditions to successful
| study. Influences favoring or working against the
| above conditions. Examples in great men, con
| clusion, NC" DIR. Eames expects to deliver the
| lecture before the Normal School, at Castine, on
| Friday evening" May Goth, and before the faculty
and students of the Seminary at Bucksport the fol
lowing evening. lie will be in Belfast May 18th and
would like to deliver the lecture before the pupils
of our schools, teachers and parents. All he asks
| is that his expenses be paid.
| POLICE COURT. Sarah Colson was before Judge
| Boardman on Friday, complaint of Lettie f.
| Rawley, for assault and battery. The parties live
In the Gilbert house the foot of Spring street.
Four families live In the house and there is more
or less trouble. The complainant alleged that on
Sunday, the 10th inst, she seated in the back
| door of her tenement, when respondent emptied
on to her head the contents of Il chamber vessel.
| A number of witnesses corroborated her state
ment. Respondent said she threw out the contents
of small basin, clean water where she had comb
Ell her little child's head. She saw no one and did
not know that any one was beneath her premises
The Judge found Mrs. Coson guilty and fined her
| $40 and COSTS amounting in all to $l7.5j. She ap-
pealed and surcties for her appearance before
the October session of the S. J. Court Same day
| Edgar l.. Jones was before Justice Knowlton for
an assault on complaint of Charles johnson. Par
| ties live in Belmont. Jones borrowed a watch of
Mrs. johnson and broke the crystal She sent for
1t. On returning 1t Jones rubbed his fist in Mr.
JohnsOn's face, made threats etc. Fined -, which
he paid.
| Personal. Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Harris, of this
| city, returned home last week after nassinp tho